22:23 EDT, 30 December 2020 37 shares A man was allegedly stabbed by an Uber driver in front of his terrified girlfriend after a Christmas Eve party. Shawn Sauvarin, 33, was travelling home to Point Cook, in northwest Melbourne, early on Friday morning when the driver, 26, accused him of spilling a drink, he claims. Mr Sauvarin denied the allegations but claimed the man then 'grabbed a knife from the driver's seat' and 'started slashing' towards his face at about 2.45am. 'I put my arms up to protect myself, and he sliced my elbow all the way to the tricep,' Mr Sauvarin told SBS News.